TACKLE THE RISKS OF DOING BUSINESS ONLINE.

WE PROTECT COMPANIES FROM :

Unwittingly transacting with rogue sites

Paying millions in regulatory fines related to cybercrime

Intellectual property theft

WE MAINTAIN A UNIQUE CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED DATABASE THROUGH WHICH OUR CLIENTS CAN SCREEN AGAINST THE UNIVERSE OF ONLINE RISKS.

VERI-SITE IS A TAG CERTIFIED DIGITAL ADVERTISING ASSURANCE PROVIDER (DAAP). WE KEEP BRANDS SAFE BY ENSURING THEIR ADVERTISEMENTS DO NOT APPEAR ON SITES PROMOTING PIRACY, ONLINE GAMBLING OR OTHER ILLICIT ACTIVITY.

About Veri-site

Headquartered in Singapore – with an operational office in India and representative offices in China and the United States – Veri-Site empowers companies to tackle the costly risks associated with online business and services.

Uniquely, Veri-Site provides thoroughly researched, transparent data and analysis about the universe of cyber-crime and rogue businesses, tailored to the needs of industries and individual companies.

Established in 2013, Veri-Site is the result of collaboration between advertising partners, guardians of trusted brands, financial institutions and regulators, in an effort to reduce involuntary access to and transactions in:

Counterfeit goods

Intellectual property theft

Art fraud and illicit trade in antiquities

Cyber-crime and fraud

Human trafficking

Illegal weapons dealing

Narcotics

Terrorism

'Sanctioned' activities

Fake pharma and unlicensed pharmaceutical prescriptions

Online Transnational Organized Crime (TOC)

In January 2016, Veri-Site was acquired by
Strategic IP Information Pte Ltd ("SIPI")
, Asia's leading online brand protection firm, which provides investigation and enforcement services to leading multinational companies.

Team

Bharat Dube possesses a wealth of experience in creating strategies and solutions to protect trusted luxury brands from counterfeiting and piracy. Prior to Veri-Site, Bharat served in various leadership roles over 20 years at the IP litigation team of Richemont Group – a Swiss luxury goods conglomerate – protecting brands like Cartier and Montblanc. Bharat began his career at the World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, a specialized UN agency. He has been invited to speak at leading intellectual property conferences around the world – including events sponsored by the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition, the International Trademark Association, WIPO and various bar associations. Bharat earned his Juris Doctor from Duke Law School in 1986 and is a graduate of the United World College of the Atlantic, and Harvard University (A.B. magna cum laude) in 1983. He is currently based in Singapore.

Bharat Kapoor

CEO

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Bharat Kapoor has a distinguished track-record of creating high-impact business development and marketing strategies for leading corporations. Prior to Veri-Site, Bharat was an Associate Director with EY India (formerly Ernst & Young), where he led the Business Development and Advisory services program for companies operating in the media, eCommerce and advertising sectors. Before joining EY, Bharat worked with Star TV, a subsidiary of News Corp, where he was responsible for the marketing and sales of several niche channels. Throughout his career, Bharat has advised numerous startups in the digital and eCommerce industry. Based in New Delhi, Bharat Kapoor has a Bachelor’s degree with honours in business from the University of Technology, Sydney.

Daniel Peak

President, North America

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Daniel was instrumental in starting the company and spent the last year developing the product, processes, staffing, and building partner relationships. Prior to Veri-Site, Daniel was the CEO for World-Check leading the company to a successful sale
to Thomson Reuters, leaving the.. business after integration World-Check is the global leader in anti-money-laundering compliance (AML), at the time of the sale the company had over 5,000 clients in 160+ countries including 50 of the top 50 banks in the world. Daniel’s experience represents 20 of years working with risk identification, customer due diligence and legal and regulatory compliance.

Harrison Lebowitz

Vice-President

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Harrison is Vice President of Business Development, North America for Strategic IP Information Pte. Ltd. Prior to this, he was In-House Counsel and Vice President for Sports 1 Marketing, a Warren Moon company. Starting in 1995 and for seventeen years thereafter, he was CEO of a company he founded in an industry he created, Snow Farm Vineyard and Winery, which was Vermont’s first commercial vineyard and grape winery. In that capacity, Harrison lectured at a multitude of colleges and universities, taught a course at the University of Vermont and was featured in numerous articles and pieces ranging from the New York Times to Smithsonian Magazine to Weekend Edition on National Public Radio. Twice, he traveled to Macedonia as an agricultural and wine consultant on behalf of the State of Vermont as well as the State Department. Finally, prior to starting Snow Farm, he was an Assistant Attorney General with the state of Vermont. He has been a guest writer/speaker at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. Harrison received his B.A. in Chemistry from Franklin & Marshall College and his J.D. from The University of Baltimore School of Law. He is admitted to practice in Maryland (active), New York (inactive), and Vermont (inactive).

Richard Gronback

CTO

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Richard Gronback is a software engineer specializing in Eclipse modeling technologies, generative programming, and cloud-based application platforms. Formerly, Richard was Chief Scientist for modeling products at Borland Software ..
Corporation where he managed both open .. source and commercial product development Richard represented Borland on the Eclipse Board of Directors, Planning and Architecture Councils, co-founded the top-level Eclipse Modeling Project. Richard is author of the book, “Eclipse Modeling Project, a Domain-Specific Language Toolkit.” Prior to Borland, Richard worked at TogetherSoft, Ariba, and Andersen Consulting. Richard holds a Bachelor of Computer Science and Engineering degree from the University of Connecticut. He was a reactor operator in the U.S. Navy before entering his career in software.

About Veri-Site

Veri-Site helps you tackle the risks inherent in conducting business online

The Problem

"Taking advantage of the anonymous and unregulated nature of the Internet, rogue actors utilize interlocking networks of websites, shell companies, and individuals to underpin their operations and drive profits"

Our Solution

"Veri-Site uniquely targets the risks presented such rogue actors. We do this through a proprietary, continuously updated database, which enables our clients to screen against all forms of online risk."

We are members of several prestigious professional associations, including:

Counterfeits on the dark net

Nearly 4,000 of the listings we looked at were for counterfeit goods. While the percentage of fakes against total listings has fallen since our previous investigation in 2014 - from 5.5% to 4% - the range is greater than ever before, with Bharat Dube, chief executive of brand protection firm Strategic IP Information, confirming that replica goods sold on the dark web “tend to be more sophisticated copies or ‘super fakes’”.

Alibaba's Struggle For E-Commerce Legitimacy Is Undermined By Fake Gucci And Refugee Boats

Although Alibaba has made significant improvements in their effort to eradicate fake goods in recent months, there's still a long way to go. SIPI's Founder and President, Bharat Dube, shares his thoughts in this informative article from Forbes.

The ever changing paradigm shift in the sale of counterfeit goods

Harley Lewin from McCarter & English LLP writes about the changing paradigms in counterfeiting in the digital economy, especially on social media platforms; the steps brands can take to protect themselves; and how SIPI can help.

Fight Art Fraud

The AALP was founded by SIPI in collaboration with Art Fraud Insights, a Washington DC firm . Over the past six months, the two created a software program that screens the web to pinpoint suspicious listings on e-commerce sites, mobile apps, and social media. When one inevitably pops up, AALP sends a cease-and-desist letter to the purveyor. If a fraudulent sale has already been made, AALP contacts the buyer, and works with a lawyer to acquire a refund..

SIPI expands to Latin America

April 2017

SIPI now has excellent representation in Central and South America. Our Director of Operations for LatAm, Sr. Castor Gonzales-Escobar has extensive experience in dealing with anti-counterfeiting operations. We have recently also engaged Ms. Maria Alejandra Lopez Garcia, an IP attorney who has worked, notably, at WIPO’s Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center in Geneva.

Veri-site's report: Badvertising - When Ads Go Rogue

Veri-Site has produced a report on the issue of advertisements being present on Indian pirate sites, allowing the content theft industry to generate large amounts of revenue and continue to strive. This report goes over the negative impacts of having advertisements on these illicit platforms and provides recommendations on various approaches to tackle this issue.

Is Alibaba doing enough to fight fakes?

To Bharat Dube, chief executive of Singapore-based Strategic IP Information, which works with companies to protect intellectual property, Alibaba isn't always as swift to act as it could. While acknowledging improvements in the company's anti-counterfeit system, he said it can take Taobao seven to 10 days to respond to complaints and the process of reporting complaints lengthy. Compare that to 24 hours at eBay.

Veri-site partners with Webdrone

October 2016

We are very pleased to announce that we have partnered with the French company, Webdrone, based in Dijon. An online platform for detecting cyber-crime and counterfeiting, Webdrone's solutions include E-Drone (a crawling and analytical technology to browse the Web) and Platform (enabling automated research and analysis of information by E-drones). Together, Veri-site and Webdrone present cutting-edge monitoring and analysis of all forms of IP-related theft.

Experts Call for Comprehensive Reforms ...

Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) and Centre for Intellectual Property and Technology Law (CIPTEL) at O.P. Jindal Global University organized and hosted a roundtable discussion on 'Piracy and its Impact on the Film Industry'.

Kellogg's, Walmart, ZenithOptimedia & others ...

Gathered under the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) umbrella the partners aim to reduce the $2.4bn lost to pirate sites each year by signing an anti-piracy pledge to take 'commercially reasonable steps to minimize the inadvertent placement of digital advertising on websites or other media properties'.

Largest Brands And Agencies Take ...

The Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG), an advertising industry initiative to fight criminal activity in the digital advertising supply chain, today announced that many of the world’s largest brand advertisers and agencies have pledged to require their ad partners to take aggressive steps to help fight the $2.4 billion lost to pirate sites each year.

AdWeek: GroupM Singles Out ...

As the advertising industry looks to get a better handle on fraud, it's getting more specific about the types of sites that cause huge spikes in bogus traffic while also demanding more from ad-tech vendors.

TAG Unveils Anti-Piracy Program ...

The Trustworthy Accountability Group -- launched last year by the IAB, ANA and the 4As -- on Tuesday unveiled an anti-piracy program, calling it the first part of a campaign against click fraud, malware and a lack of transparency in digital advertising.

SIPI hosted an awareness event in collaboration with Birdlife International

December 2017

SIPI hosted an event pro bono in New Delhi on December 6, to raise awareness about, and funds for, Bird life International, a global partnership of conservation organizations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity.